At the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in June 2023, Apple introduced the Vision Pro. The Vision Pro is a Mixed Reality (MR) headset, more specifically it is a Virtual Reality (VR) device with an additional Video See-Through (VST) capability. The VST capability turns the Vision Pro also into an Augmented Reality (AR) device. The AR feature is enabled by streaming the real world via cameras to the (VR) screens in front of the user's eyes. This is of course not unique and similar to other devices, like the Varjo XR-3. Nevertheless, the Vision Pro has some interesting features, like an inside-out screen that can show the headset wearers' eyes to "outsiders" or a button on the top, called "Digital Crown", that allows you to seamlessly blend digital content with your physical space by turning it. In addition, it is untethered, except for the cable to the battery, which makes the headset more agile, compared to the Varjo XR-3. This could actually come closer to the "Ultimate Display", which Ivan Sutherland had already sketched in 1965. Not available to the public yet, like the Ultimate Display, we want to take a look into the crystal ball in this perspective to see if it can overcome some clinical challenges that - especially - AR still faces in the medical domain, but also go beyond and discuss if the Vision Pro could support clinicians in essential tasks to spend more time with their patients.

翻译：在2023年6月的全球开发者大会（WWDC）上，苹果公司推出了Vision Pro。Vision Pro是一款混合现实（MR）头显，更具体地说，它是一款具备额外视频透视（VST）功能的虚拟现实（VR）设备。VST功能使得Vision Pro同时也成为一款增强现实（AR）设备。AR特性通过摄像头将现实世界实时传输到用户眼前的VR屏幕上实现。这当然并非其独有，与Varjo XR-3等其他设备类似。然而，Vision Pro具备一些有趣的功能，例如一个内向屏，可以向外界展示头显佩戴者的眼睛；以及顶部的“数码表冠”按钮，通过旋转可以无缝地将数字内容与物理空间融合。此外，除了连接电池的线缆外，它无需外部线缆，这使得该头显比Varjo XR-3更为灵活。这实际上可能更接近伊万·萨瑟兰（Ivan Sutherland）在1965年所构想的“终极显示器”。由于Vision Pro如同“终极显示器”一样尚未面向公众开放，本文旨在通过远见视角审视，探讨它是否能克服AR在医疗领域仍面临的一些临床挑战，并进一步讨论Vision Pro是否能在关键任务中支持临床医生，以使他们能有更多时间陪伴患者。